IAP GMREH - Greater Mesopotamia

IAP 7/14 GREATER MESOPOTAMIA
RECONSTRUCTION OF ITS ENVIRONMENT AND HISTORY
Autumn seminar:
CURRENT RESEARCH ON GLYPTIC
FROM GREATER MESOPOTAMIA
31.10.2013
Royal Museums of Art and History
Jubelpark 10 Parc du Cinquantenaire
1000 Brussels
PROGRAMME
Session 1: Mesopotamia
11.00-11.10 ERIC GUBEL (RMAH-VUB)
Welcome
11.10-11.30 HENDRIK HAMEEUW (RMAH-KU Leuven)
Abba-Kala the Knight, Louis Speleers was Correct!: Ur III Seal Impressions of an Equestrian
11.35-11.55 JOACHIM BRETSCHNEIDER & GRETA JANS (KU Leuven)
The Palace Glyptic of Nabada in the 3rd Millennium BC
12.00-12.20 ANNE DEVILLERS (RMAH)
Absence of Evidence or Evidence of Absence ? Missing Species in Ancient Near Eastern
Glyptic
12.30-13.40 Lunch (Midi50 - RMAH) *
Session 2: Mesopotamia
13.45-14.05 KATRIEN DE GRAEF (UGent)
Gala's Galore. The Seals of an Old Babylonian Gala Family
14.10-14.30 ANNE GODDEERIS (KU Leuven)
Sealing Practices on Old Babylonian Contracts
14.35-14.55 DENYSE HOMÈS-FREDERICQ (hon. curator RMAH - Em. Prof. VUB)
Glyptic of the Neo-Assyrian Archives of Ma‘allānāte
15.00-15.20 ZOLTÁN NIEDERREITER (Eötvös Loránd University Budapest)
Typology of the Adad-nērārī III Style Cylinder Seals
– 15.25-15.45 Coffee break –
Session 3: Greater Mesopotamia
15.50-16.10 INGRID SWINNEN (VUB-RMAH)
Geometric Seal Impressions on Pottery from al-Lahun (Jordan) in the Early Bronze I
16.15-16.35 VANESSA BOSCHLOOS (RMAH)
The ‘Green Jasper Seal Workshop’: Evidence from Byblos
16.40-17.00 ERIC GUBEL (RMAH-VUB)
A New Central Levantine Transitional LB - IA Cylinder Workshop?
17.05-17.25 CHARLOTTE LEBRUN, JULIEN DE VOS & ETIENNE VAN QUICKELBERGHE (UCL)
Le symbole de l'autorité royale au IIe millénaire : De la Cilicie à Karkémish
17.30-17.40 ERIC GUBEL (RMAH-VUB)
Concluding remarks
– 17.40-18.00 Coffee break –
18.00 Key-note lecture (Assyriological Center Georges Dossin):
DOMINIQUE COLLON (hon. curator British Museum London)
Témoignages de la glyptique au 2e millénaire avant J.-C. – Réseaux internationaux le long de
la côte et de la méditerranée
Dinner (La Clef des Champs - Brussels) **
* Guest speakers are offered a light lunch in the museum restaurant Midi50. Other
participants are welcome to join at their own expense, or may find restaurants and other
facilities in the immediate surroundings of the museum.
** Participation in the dinner following the key-note lecture will be confirmed upon
reservation (ca. 30 €). Reservations may be made at [email protected] by October
25th.
www.greatermesopotamia.be
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